Hornets are insects. They belong to the class Insecta, not class Arachnida. Like other insects, hornets have three body sections, three pairs of legs, and a hard exoskeleton.
A hornet is an insect. Hornets have six legs and can fly, while arachnids have eight legs and do not have wings. The hornet is in the same family as wasps and the same suborder as bees and ants.
